October 18, 1955 - The Winnipeg Arena
opens with a game between the Winnipeg Warriors and Calgary Stampeders.
The crowd of 9,671 breaks the attendance record for a WHL game. On March 26, 2006 it was imploded and the site is now home to an office mall.October 18, 1989 – The official opening of the Keewatin Underpass takes place.

October 18, 1929
– Women are legally recognized as persons under the British North
America Act. The five women who launched the “Persons Case”, also known
as The Famous Five, are: Justice Emily Murphy; Henrietta Muir Edwards; Louise McKinney; Hon. Irene Parlby and Manitoba’s own Nellie McClung.McClung
was a teacher from Manitou, Manitoba who began to write, fiction at
first. her work became increasingly political and was soon recognized as
a leader of Western Canada's sufragette antd temperance movements.

October 18, 1892 - The Trappist Monastery at St. Norbert formally opens. The
Trappists, a French order dating back to 1660s, strictly followed the
teachings of St. Benedict: charity, obedience and humility. Most fled
due to religious persecution in France in late 1800s. They remained at this site until 1975.October 18, 1929 - Canada's first Safeway stores open in Winnipeg. For more on Safeway in Winnipeg.